Clippings, correspondence, publicity, articles, book reviews, interviews, flyers, and photographs documenting literary activities
of gay novelist, playwright, journalist, and scholar, Daniel Curzon. The emphasis of the collection is on the critical reception
of novels published by Curzon, 1974-1986.

Background

Daniel Curzon is the pseudonym of author Daniel P. Brown, born in 1938 in Litchfield, Illinois. He is a novelist, journalist
and playwright whose fictional work often concerns gay protagonists struggling to cope within an environment defined by the
hostility of anti-gay social entities and instititions. Before retiring he taught writing and literature at California State
University, Fresno.